Well!
I have been searching for a very long time with no success, and a very kind lady called
Jessie Griffiths has now been able to find both my Paternal Grandparents' families.
They were WALTER JAMES b.1823 married to ANNE b. 1824
Walter was born in Llanfihangel Ar Arth Carms and Anne was born in Llangeler
Their children were:
JAMES JAMES b. 1852 in Llanfihangel
HANNAH JAMES b. 1858/1859 Llanfihangel
THOMAS JAMES b. 1868 (my Grandfather)
ANNE JAMES b. 1880
Thomas's children were MARY ANNE JAMES b. ab 1895
WALTER WATKIN JAMES B. 1897 (my father)
JOSEPH JAMES b. ab 1899
MARGARET JAMES b. 1907
My Grandfather Thomas James b. 1868 was married to ELIZABETH DAVIES on the 30th December
1893 in Newcastle Emlyn
Elizabeth's father was WATKIN DAVIES b. 1841 in Llandyssul Cardigan and he was married
to MARY b. 1841 also in Llandyssul.
Their children were :
JOSEPH DAVIES b. 1867
ANNE DAVIES b. 1868
EVAN DAVIES b. 1870
ELIZABETH DAVIES b. 1871 (my Grandmother)
DAVID DAVIES b. 1875
THOMAS DAVIES b. 1879
BENJAMIN DAVIES b. 1881
All these children were born in Llandyssul.
Now that I have come this far, I am anxious to find the families who are descended from
these people. I would also like to go back in time too.
Is there anybody out there who has any association with either of these two families as I
would love to hear from you.
It is quite interesting to note how Thomas and Elizabeth children were names after both
family members.
With a name like DAVIES I had almost given up hope of ever finding them.
My father Walter Watkin JAMES came out to Africa in about 1924 and moved to the then
Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and that is where I am writing from.
YVONNE PARKYN (JAMES)
(Any Parkyns out there too?)